Summary: Coverage of the U.S. Army Air Forces during 1940 including scenes of aerobatics, military aircraft in flight, cadets training and graduating, aircraft being constructed and flight tested, an eclipse of the sun, a military funeral, paratroop training, Brig. Gen. Robert C. Richardson presenting diplomas, a B-17C mercy flight, and President Roosevelt speaking.(Photo'd by commercial photographers). Reel 1: U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE NEWSREEL. 1940. 15') RKO PATHE NEWS. AIR DERBY AEROBATICS FEATURES DAY MEET AT MIAMI. ANDRE BARUCH. 25') Scenes of aerobatics of bi-planes at three-day All-American Air Meet at Miami, Florida, crowd, Waco bi-planes and six USAF B-18's in flight and a LS of monoplane descending by parachute to ground. 156') SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, MOVIETONE NEWS. 160') Scenes of constructinn of B-17B's in Boeing Plant at Seattle and rollout of a B-17C. 207') BUFFALO, NEW YORK. PILOT'S SKILL SAVES U.S. MYSTERY PLANE IN PANCAKE LANDING. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 216') Scenes of Bell XP-39 Aerocobra piloted by Capt. Price, in first test flight -- landing gear jams and aircraft makes belly landing in snow. 323') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL, HAMILTON FIELD, GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 327') Scenes of a 360-man 65th Coast Artillery Battalion boarding B-18's in airlift experimental exercise. 364') SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ARMY ADDS SKY RECRUIT. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 372') Demonstration of the Ryan Y0-51 Dragon Fly observation aircraft. 425') Scenes of XB-24 on ramp and in flight. 480') RKO PATHE NEWS. SKY FORT. US TEST BOMBERS OUT OVER PACIFIC. HARRY VON ZELL. 486') Scenes show nine B-17C's from March Field in flight over Inglewood, California and the Pacific Ocean. 587') AVIATION. AL BRICK AND LOWELL THOMAS, MOVIETONE NEWS. 595') Scenes of twelve B-18's of 17th Bombardment Group under command of Col. Carlisle in flight over the Grand Canyon. 638') Shows Indians watching bombers flying by. 677') NEW YORK CITY. 681') Scenes of people watching eclipse of the sun. 690') NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. 693') Scenes of people watching an almost complete eclipse of the sun. 728') NEWS OF THE DAY. CALIFORNIA. 752') Scenes of 7th Bombardment Group B-18's, under Col. DuFord, over the Sierra Mountains and Yosemite Falls. 812') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. ARMS AIR CORPS GRADUATES 220 RESERVE PILOTS. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 822') Scenes of graduation of US Army Air Force cadets at Kelly Field, Texas and of BT-9 taking off. 888') Total footage in reel. Reel 2: US ARMY AIR FORCES NEWSREEL. 1940. 21') DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 26') Scenes of machine guns being placed into Vultee Vanguard and the aircraft taking off and in flight. 85') STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. TO A HEROES GRAVE. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 92') Scenes of funeral ceremonies for American Air Attache, Capt. Robert W. Losen who was killed in Norway during a German air attack -- Mrs. J. Gordon Harriman, US Minister to Norway, leads funeral procession whicH includes Count and Countess Fold Bernadotte -- Capt. Losen was first US officer killed in the war. 151') RKO PATHE NEWS. U.S. TESTS BULLETPROOF GAS TANKS FOR PLANES. HARRY VON ZELL. 157') Scenes of Martin engineers at Baltimore, Maryland, firing machine guns at gas tanks three-quarters full of aviation gasoline which does not ignite. 236') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. BUFFALO, NEW YORK. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 240') Scenes of Curtiss pilot, Lloyd Childs, flight testing P-40's. 277') TEXAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 280') Scenes of USAF cadets doing calisthenics at Randolph Field, Texas, studying aircraft engines and BT-9's taxiing, taking off and in flight. 38') OVEN BAKED. RKO PATHE NEWS. ALL PLASTIC PLANE MAY SPEED BUILDING. HARRY VON ZELL. 387') Scenes of construction of the worlds first all plastic airplane in factory at Van Nuys, California; aircraft being baked in oven at Timm Aircraft Corporation and the aircraft taking off. 484') RKO PATHE NEWS. FRANCE. SCOUT PLANE SENT ALOFT BY BALLOON. HARRY VON ZELL. 491') Balloon carrying observation plane over western front facing German Segfried line. 575') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. US ARMY STAGES BIGGEST WAR GAMES IN NATION'S HISTORY. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 585') Scenes of troops on trucks on roads and crossing pontoon bridge, B-18's in flight, tanks and infantry advancing, machine guns firing and troops wearing gas masks going through smoke screen. 546') NATIONAL DEFENSE. JACK HANEY AND LOWELL THOMAS MOVIETONE NEWS. 654') MICHIGAN MOVIETONE NEWS. 605') Scenes of Henry Ford, Sr. and Edsel Ford looking at P-40 at Dearborn, Michigan, studying the possibility of turning out a thousand aircraft a day. 714') DENVER, COLORADO. MORE U.S. PILOTS FAST. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 721') Scenes of Army Technical Air School students studying motion picture photography at Denver, Colorado, cadets in class at Hancock College of Aeronautics in California, and boarding Stearman PT-13 's and taking off. 822') RKO PATHE NEWS. AIR GRADS, 236 ARMY TRAINED PILOTS WIN WINGS. ANDRE BARUCH. 829') Scenes of Army Air Corps Advance Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, Brig. Gen. Richardson presenting diplomas and graduates boarding BT-14's and aircraft taking off. 888') NATIONAL DEFENSE. JACK HANEY AND LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 897') CALIFORNIA. MOVIETONE NEWS. 903') Scenes of BT-13A's being constructed at Vultee and the aircraft parked on ramp, taking off and in flight. 952') Total footage in reel. Reel 3: US ARMY AIR FORCES NEWSREEL. 1940. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. AMERICA ON GUARD, BY GRAHAM MCNAMEE. MS's of National Association of Manufacturers meeting to discuss national defense. Pratt and Whitney aircraft engine plant at Hartford, Connecticut manufacturing engines. Curtiss CW-22B in flight. Scenes showing warships at sea, men enlisting and being sworn in Naval Reserves, men working in factories, coastal guns firing, tanks, jeeps and trucks advancing and machine guns firing tracers at night. 228') Scenes of the Capitol dome and troops and Boy scouts marching. Scenes of New York City, rivers, farm, fields and U.S. flag (sound track contains voice of Kate Smith singing "God Bless America"). 442') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. TACOMA, WASHINGTON. GRAHAM MCNANEE. 446') Ceremonies at the dedication of McChord Field, Washington -- B-18's and B-17C's on ramp and B-18A's in flight. 480') SAN DIEGO. MOVIETONE NEWS. 485') Series of scenes of Ryan PT-16 taking off, in flight and doing aerobatics. 565') NATIONAL DEFENSE. LARRY KENNEDY AND LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 573') Scenes at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Plant, Hartford, Connecticut, of propellers being manufactured. 660') UNCLE SAMS AIR DEFENSE. NEWS OF THE DAY. 666') Scenes of P-40's demonstrating aerial gunnery at Langley Field, Virginia, and strafing target -- South American diplomats watching B-17C's in bombing and strafing demonstration. 789' CAMP BORDEN, CANADA. NEWS OF THE DAY. 793') Scenes of RCAF pilots boarding Harvard trainers (AT-6's) at Camp Borden, aircraft taking off and making interception attacks on Avro Anson in mock bombing raid and dog fight. 908') Total footage in reel. Reel 4: US ARMS AIR FORCES NEWSREEL. 1940. 24') DEFENSE HEAD SEES SUPER U.S. PLANE. GREGORY ABBOTT PARAMOUNT NEWS. BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. 34') William S. Knudsen and Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold viewing new P-38 Lightning. 56') SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 63') Douglas B-19 under construction in Douglas Plant at Santa Monica. 97') SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 104') Scenes of Boeing Plant being enlarged and B-17C's under construction. 135') PARAMOUNT NEWS. DEFENSE. GILBERT MARTIN. 11,000 PLANES. 144') BUFFALO, NEW YORK. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 149') William S. Knudsen and Maj. Gen. Arnold inspecting P-40. 177') FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 183') Maj. Gen. Arnold inspecting P-47. 203') BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 208') Maj. Gen. Arnold and William S. Knudsen inspecting Martin Plant at Baltimore. 246') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. FT. WORTH, TEXAS. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 250') Scenes of Bennett Aircraft Corporation turning out plywood two-engine aircraft. 290') CALIFORNIA MOVIETONE NEWS. 295') California Air Academy cadets boarding Stearman PT-13. 313') NEWS OF THE DAY. WASHINGTON, D. C. 316') Scenes of Elliot Roosevelt being sworn in as captain in Air Corps Reserves, and being congratulated by Maj. Gen. Arnold (sound track states that he is assigned to Wright Field, Ohio). 343') CALIFORNIA. MOVIETONE NEWS. 349') Scenes of Lockheed XP-38 test flight. 388' NEWS OF THE DAY. METRO GOLDWYN MAYER. 413') JOHN KENNEDY. NEWS OF THE DAY. 416') ROOSEVELT HAILS U.S. AIR POWER. NEWS OF THE DAY. 423') Scenes of President Roosevelt speaking at dedication of Washington National Airport. 582') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. BUFFALO. NEW YORK. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 586') Scenes of XP-39 Aerocobra's being constructed in Bell factory, Robert Woods, designed at desk and a P-39 taking off and in flight. 655') U.S. TRAINED PARACHUTE TROOPS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 661') Scenes of paratroop training at Lawson Field, Georgia, showing the paratroops boarding C-47, the aircrart taking off and paratroops jumping. 774') NEWS OF THE DAY. MARCH FIELD. CALIFORNIA. 775') Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy as Charlie enlists in the USAAC. 862') DEFENSE CLIPPER PILOTS TRAIN CADETS IN NAVIGATION. BY HARRY VON ZELL. RKO BATHE NEWS. 869') Scenes of USAAC pilot navigation training including use of instruments at Miami, Florida -- pilots board Pan American Clipper aircraft to study navigation. 947') MARCH FIELD, CALIFORNIA. MOVIETONE NEWS. 950') Scenes of P-36A's of the 35th Pursuit Group diving during maneuvers over California. 991') Total footage in reel. Reel 5: US ARMY AIR FORCES NEWSREEL. 1940. 22') U.S. AIR DEFENSE. LEROY ORR AND LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 29') Scenes of BT-9's and BT-14's on ramp at Kelly Field and in flight. 95') FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. MOVIETONE NEWS. 101') Scenes of A-20's laying smoke screen at Ft. Benning, Georgia; tanks crossing stream, moving through woods and smashing into a house; and white phosporus bombs exploding at night. 188') AVIATION. JACK DAROCK AND LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 197') Scenes of pilots at Moffett Field, California, P-36A's taking off and Vought Sikorsky SB2U-3 (fighter type) in flight. 248') NEWS OF THE DAY. CALIFORNIA. Curtiss CW-20B and CW-21B interceptors. 252') Scenes of formation of six B-17C's in flight. 321') NEWS OF THE DAY. DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA. 324') Scenes of BT-13A's being readied for delivery at Vultee Plant, Downey, California, and aircraft taking off and in flight. 381') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. LAMBERT FIELD MISSOURI. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 384') Scenes of Guy Vaughn, President of Curtiss Plant, and C. W. France, Vice President, looking at bulldozer breaking ground for new Curtiss-Wright Plant. 442') RKO PATHE NEWS. BOMBER READY FOR ENGLAND AT BOEING FACT0RY. HARRY VON ZEll. 450') Scenes of workmen assembling aircraft in Boeing Plant at Seattle, Washington -- B-17C's and B-24 in flight. 517') NEWS OF THE DAY. MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK. 521') Scenes of Dr. Carlos Davila, former president of Chile, and his wife -- shows Mrs. Davila boarding B-17C and aircraft taxiing and taking off (President Roosevelt authorized the B-17C to fly Mrs. Davila home because she was ill). 591') RKO PATHE NEWS. JUMP. U.S. ARMY TRAINS AIR INFANTRYMAN. ANDRE BARUCH. 598') Scenes of Army paratroops learning to fall, tumble, and roll at Ft. Benning, Georgia -- paratroops jumping from C-47, landing and breaking out equipment container. 681') PARAMOUNT NEWS. U.S. DEFENSE FRONT. GILBERT MARTIN. AIR POWER, ESSEX, MARYLAND. 695') Scenes of Martin B-26 on ramps taking off and in flight. 748') UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. KELLY FIELD, TEXAS. 256 YOUNG FLIERS ARE GRADUATED BY ARMY AIR SCHOOL. 757') Scenes of cadet graduation ceremonies and BT-9's in flight. 814') Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Dup neg)
